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		alerighi on Sept 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why bother with argv[0]? Well, it could be for example that /proc is not mounted. A lot of software breaks for this, while really there is no need for it to be so. Also that approach only works on Linux, if you want to write a portable software what you do?

mbrumlow on Sept 3, 2024 [–]

I am mainly pointing out that arg[0] is still valid. Writing portable software is an entirely different topic.

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